{"product_id":"9781856755955-stone-on-stone","title":"Stone on Stone","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA journey along the drystone walls of Britain\u003cbr\u003etells the story of the British landscape through one of its most beloved features: the drystone wall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrystone walls are structures built from stones without the use of mortar to bind them together. Many walls\u003cbr\u003efound throughout the UK are over a hundred years old and they exist as an integral part of the British landscape.\u003cbr\u003eLaura grew up on a hill farm in the Scottish Borders, a landscape characterised by its drystone walls. As a child,\u003cbr\u003eshe had 'mini picnic adventures' beside these dykes, exploring, climbing all over the stones; in winter she helped\u003cbr\u003eher father dig sheep out of the snow where the flock had sheltered beside the walls, 'letting the blizzard lay a drift\u003cbr\u003eright over them'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura now lives in the Cotswolds, another 'wall-bounded landscape'. Not far from her home is one of the oldest\u003cbr\u003edrystone walls in the world, the 3,500-year-old, exquisitely constructed Belas Knap long barrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's not only the Borders and the Cotswolds; many regions across the British Isles are defined by and cherished\u003cbr\u003efor their drystone walls. The Yorkshire Dales, the Cumbrian Fells, Derbyshire's Peak District, the Mendip and\u003cbr\u003eGalloway Hills: all landscapes celebrated and loved for their distinctive walls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting and ending in the Cotswolds, Laura travels from Cornwall to north-east Scotland, via Somerset, Wales,\u003cbr\u003ethe Peak District, the Pennines, Yorkshire, and Galloway, with a detour to Northern Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders joining Laura's journey will enjoy discovering drystone walls and their place in the UK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ecountryside, finding out about their history and the significance of preserving them. They, like her, will\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003efind that drystone walls can frame an understanding of landscape and nature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57627899887990,"sku":"9781856755955","price":17.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41351100.jpg?v=1779310271","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781856755955-stone-on-stone","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}